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The Empire Mine is "one of the oldest, largest, deepest, longest and richest gold mines in California."

Faceless white figures loom over the city from the rooftop.

Inside this clubhouse is a cinephile's paradise.

Abortion, prohibition, religion, war, and fear all play a part in the history of this idiosyncratic Pacifica castle.

Bug-devouring flora are the stars of a special wing of the glass conservatory.

340 bicycles, 65 feet high.

Thousands of migrating monarchs overwinter clustered amongst the eucalyptus trees.

Three vintage horses survived a 1976 inferno and found a home on a sister carousel.

Recovered from the brink of extinction, at home in the Financial District.

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

The only museum of sake in the United States is nestled in an unlikely California college town.

Where the writer penned his famous story about a jumping frog.

Dioramas and animatronics lead you through the story of Bhagavad-gita, the Indian literary classic.

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

The California capital city once stood 10 feet lower than it does today.

An extraordinary final resting place full of oversized art, amazing statues, and dead celebrities.

This little valley along Highway 1 is engulfed by thousands of lilies during the spring season.

A glittering South Asian anomaly in a wealthy Los Angeles suburb.

A temple devoted to inner esoteric mysteries located in a California commercial strip.

Hidden in the Santa Ynez Mountains off Highway 154, this tiny restaurant once served as a stagecoach stop.

The largest Star Wars collection in the world is its own galaxy of collectibles.

Hidden in the back of a disused small town hotel is a dive bar shellacked with over a million pennies.

Colorful Native American paintings are hidden within this small cavern.

A brooding mansion of clinker brick stands out among the Victorian houses of Pacific Heights.